Best PlacesPrimm, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Primm, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Primm ranks 37,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Primm
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Primm's strengths and weaknesses
Where Primm ranks high
- Short commute8.6 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Primm ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Primm
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Primm home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $30,568; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Primm's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Primm
Primm runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Primm.
Who works in Primm, and how
Work in Primm centers on arts & entertainment and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 35%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 64%
Life in Primm
Primm has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Primm and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Primm, month by month
Primm sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 107 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 107° | 94° | 79° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Primm
Harry Reid International sits about 35 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Primm
Schools across Primm average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reid Harry EsB · 50% proficient
- Sandy Valley EsD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Garrett Elton M JhsC+ · 37% proficient
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa MsC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- College Of So Nv Hs SouthA+ · 83% proficient
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Primm school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Primm measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Primm against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Primm
Is Primm a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Primm ranks 37,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Primm expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,600. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $30,568 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Primm safe?
Primm is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $773 per resident a year.
Compare Primm with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Primm. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Primm represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Primm detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Primm: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Primm: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Primm: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Primm: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Primm detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.